Ashes, Ashes

(album: All These Countless Nights - 2017)

I was getting sick of the traffic and all of the tickets I couldn't pay
So I sold my car and took the bus back to the corner of Churchfield Way
Where I lost myself in the faces of people I swear I'd met before
Felt like my own feet were someone else's, I couldn't walk straight anymore

If we drive away to the place I love the most
When my lungs collapse and my heart turns black
I'll give my ashes to the coast

I found myself in a fishbowl and I didn't leave my house for a month
What's the point in trying in conversation if you don't have the strength to talk?
"But it's alright" I said, "I'll stay here, lie awake for days
Count the spiders on the ceiling, 'til my mind withers away"

And if we drive away to the place I love the most
When my lungs collapse and my heart turns black
I'll give my ashes to the coast

And I hoped that I would see your face again,
And I hoped that you would be alright
And if I could find a leg to stand on, or something,
Maybe I could take control of my own life

And if I could find a leg to stand on, or something,
Maybe I could take control of my own life

And if we drive away to the place I love the most
When my lungs collapse and my heart turns black
I'll give my ashes to the coast

Give my ashes to the coast
Give my ashes to the coast
Give my ashes to the coast
Give my ashes to the coast